Roy from morethantechnical has some a pretty cool hack with his samsung vibrant and a pico projector.  I’ll summarize his hardwork here but you can take a full look at  their website.

On his phone he made sure that tv out was enabled.

He then prepared a 3.5 mm 4 pole connectors

 
He then said “so on the other side of your custom cable, you may use a mono 3.5mm 2-connector plug because that is all you need, but if you bought bulk 3.5 4-connector you might as well use that. Now you should mind that you need the sleeve to get the signal, so connect Vibrant’s Green to MPro110′s Green, Yellow and Black. MPro110′s Red, the tip, should go to GND.”

AND the long awaited final result!!!

Nice little hack. More work than most people are up to doing but this just shows how you can do your own hack instead of buying the branded cable instead of a generic one.

In our past news we talked about the concept of pico projectors being embedded into an iPhone. For now we have news from Telstar who has announced a pico projector that mounts on the back of an iPhone 4.
Using a DLP optical engine, this pico projector is rated at 15 Lumens with a 640×360 resolution. The main plus side of this projector is its built in battery that can take lengthen the life of the iPhone. I’d love to have a pico projector in my iPhone but I also would not want it to drain my battery to zero if I had to do a 10 minute presentation with it. So for that I give Telstar a thumbs up for its concept.

I would personally prefer a higher lumen and be plugged into the wall but this is where the pico projector business is for now.

With pico projectors getting brighter and more efficient, many Apple product lovers are beginning to wonder if a pico projector embedded in the next iphone is a possibility.

Aatma Studios has created a concept of a hologram-based technology.  This concept is far stretch from where we are now but it will be pretty cool when this becomes possible.  We can be like Tony Stark with our hologram control panels!

We may get a pico projector in the near future embedded in an iphone but don’t expect anything this far fetched yet!

Originally from http://www.idownloadblog.com/2011/08/24/holographic-display-keyboard/

The Nikon Coolpix S1200pj set to be released in September at $430.  Weighing just 6.6oz, the 1200pj has a 14.1 megapixel camera a 20 lumen DLP projector, and a 3 inch LCD.  Its estimated to have a 1 hour projection time which is pretty standard with many battery powered pico projectors right now.   To get a camera and pico projector in 1 at this price is still slightly on the expensive side, but overall there will be people who find the need to have this feature built in.  For those who rather have a separate camera and projector there is always the option of getting an aaxa p1 jr pico projector for $109.99, leaving $320 for a nice point and shoot camera.

http://gizmofusion.com/2011/08/hands-on-aaxa-technologies-p1-jr-pico-project

GizmoFusion has released their review of the P1Jr. To recap, the P1Jr is designed to be a personal entertainment device. This is evident in the cost and lack of “professional features” in the device however for many who just want a projector to have a little fun with, this micro projector fits the bill very nicely.

If you would like to see more about the AAXA P1Jr Pico projector, visit them at: http://www.aaxatech.com/products/p1jr_pico_projector.php

The MiLi power pico projector is an older but still relative device.  iPhone and iPod users alike both have loads of pictures and movies ready to be projected to an audience.

This stylish device is able to charge your apple device while plugged in but it can drain your battery if you try to run it without being plugged into a wall.   This projector also comes with built in speakers which can improve upon the apple devices speakers but it is far from a home theater replacement.

For some serious cash you can pick up this device and show it off to your friends.  There are a few alternatives in the pico projectors world that can give you the same quality picture at a cheaper price.

LG released their 300 series micro projectors.  The 2 micro projector models that have been released are the HW300T and HX350T.  Both of these micro projectors are LED and DLP based.

The HW300T features 250lumens at 1200×800 resolution.  This micro projector features broadband connection as well as DNLA.  A very interesting feature is that it has a built-in tuner so we’d imagine that you can use this to replace a TV.  It looks like LG has geared this to be a pure entertainment media projector since the only connection is HDMI.

The HX350T micro projector would be geared for those who are looking for a bit more bell and less whistles.  The lumens are bumped up to 300, but the resolution drops to 1024×768.  The 350 shares the HDMI and Tuner features of the 300.

With these 2 projectors, LG looks to be leading the charge into the 300lumen range.  Be prepared to pay near a full projector price but at 300lumens and being portable, it may just very well be worth it for some.